Episode Details

We’re kicking off our “Five Senses of Gaming” miniseries today, starting with “touch.” The Verge’s William Poor explores a controller crisis in the Nintendo 64 speedrunning community, and follows one speedrunner’s quest to recreate a mythical controller he lost.

Further reading/viewing:

• How Sticks Are Sabotaging Speedrunners (Stick Crisis History)
• abney317 on Twitch
• The Quest to Beat abney317
• Mariokart64.com
• More on Beck Abney’s controller problems

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